List of people on stamps of the United States A
John Quincy Adams on a 1938 stamp
- Edwin Austin Abbey (2001) Illustrator
- Bud Abbott (1991) Comedian
- Edward R. Abrams (2008) Actor
- Dean Acheson (1993) Secretary of State
- Roy Acuff (2003) Country singer, musician, and songwriter
- Abigail Adams (1985) First Lady
- Ansel Adams (2002) Photographer
- John Adams (1938) 2nd President
Jane Addams on a 1940 stamp
- John Quincy Adams (1938) 6th President
- Samuel Adams (1976) Declaration of Independence signer
- Jane Addams (1940) Social Worker
- Alvin Ailey (2004) Choreographer
- Josef Albers (1980) Artist
- Louisa May Alcott (1940) Author
- Horatio Alger, Jr. (1982) Author
- Dante Alighieri (1965) Poet
Louisa May Alcott on a 1940 stamp
- Ethan Allen (1955) Green Mountain Boys leader
- Gracie Allen (2009) Comedian
- Steve Allen (2009) Comedian
- Fran Allison (2009) Actress
- Gilbert M. Anderson (Broncho Billy Anderson) (1998) Actor
- Marian Anderson (2005) Contralto
- Susan B. Anthony (1936) Suffragist, feminist, and abolitionist
- Antonello da Messina (1990) Painter
- Virginia Apgar (1994) Physician
Dante Alighieri on a 1965 stamp
- Johnny Appleseed (1966) Conservationist
- Harold Arlen (1996) Composer
Johnny Appleseed on a 1966 stamp
- Edwin Armstrong (1983) FM radio inventor
- Louis Armstrong (1995) Jazz singer, musician, and songwriter
- Desi Arnaz (1999) Actor, producer and singer
- Henry Harley "Hap" Arnold (1988) Air Force General
- Chester A. Arthur (1938) 21st President
- Arthur Ashe (2005) Tennis player
Susan B. Anthony on a 1955 stamp
- John James Audubon (1940) Naturalist, painter
John James Audubon on a 1940 stamp
- Stephen F. Austin (1936) Texas colonizer
- Gene Autry (2010) Actor
John Barry and John Paul Jones as featured on a postage stamp
- Mildred Bailey (1994) Jazz singer
- Ella Baker (2009) Civil rights leader
- Josephine Baker (2008) Singer
- George Balanchine (2004) Choreographer
- Vasco Núñez de Balboa (1913) Explorer
- Abraham Baldwin (1985) Statesman
- James Baldwin (2004) Author
- Lucille Ball (2001) Actress
- Benjamin Banneker (1980) Surveyor, astronomer, mathematician and almanac author
- Theda Bara (1994) Actress
- Francis Barbé-Marbois (1953) Louisiana Purchase negotiator
- Samuel Barber (1997) Composer
- John Bardeen (2008) Physicist
- John Barry (1745-1803) (1936) Naval officer
- Ethel Barrymore (1982) Actress
- John Barrymore (1982) Actor
Clara Barton on a 1948 stamp
- Lionel Barrymore (1982) Actor
- Frederic Auguste Bartholdi (1985) Statue of Liberty sculptor
- Josiah Bartlett (1976) Declaration of Independence signer
- Clara Barton (1948) American Red Cross founder
- John Bartram (1999) Botanist
- William Bartram (1999) Botanist
- Count Basie (1996) Jazz musician, bandleader, and composer
- John Basilone (2005) Marine, Medal of Honor recipient
- Daisy Bates (2009) Civil rights leader
- Romare Bearden (2011) Artist
- The Beatles (1999) Rock music band
- Jim Beckwourth (1994) Explorer
- Norman Bel Geddes (2011) Industrial designer
- Alexander Graham Bell (1940) Scientist, engineer, and telephone inventor
Alexander Graham Bell on a 1940 stamp
- Giovanni Bellini (1992) Painter
- Ruth Benedict (1995) Anthropologist
- Stephen Vincent Benét (1998) Author
- Jack Benny (1991) Comedian
- Thomas Hart Benton (1971) Painter
- Edgar Bergen (1991) Ventriloquist
- Milton Berle (2009) Comedian
- Irving Berlin (2002) Composer
Montgomery Blair on a 1963 stamp
- Leonard Bernstein (2001) Conductor, composer
- Mary McLeod Bethune (1985) Civil Rights advocate
- Albert Bierstadt (1998) Painter
- Hiram Bingham IV (2006) Diplomat
- George Caleb Bingham (1998) Painter Simón BolÃvar on a 1958 stamp
- Elizabeth Bishop (2012) Poet
- Emily Bissell (1980) Social Worker
- Hugo L. Black (1986) Supreme Court Justice
- Elizabeth Blackwell (1974) 1st U.S. female physician
Elizabeth Blackwell on a 1974 stamp
- Montgomery Blair (1963) Lawyer, politician, postmaster general
- Eubie Blake (1995) Jazz musician and songwriter
- Harlon Block (1945) Iwo Jima
- Nellie Bly (2002) Journalist
- Humphrey Bogart (1997) Actor
- Charles E. Bohlen (2006) Diplomat
- Simón BolÃvar (1958) South American revolutionary
- Daniel Boone (1942) Frontiersman
- Sandro Botticelli (1981) Painter
- Clara Bow (1994) Actress
- William Boyd (2009) Actor
- Elizabeth Boyer (2008) Actress
- John Bradley (1945) Iwo Jima
- Omar N. Bradley (2000) World War II Army General
- Louis Brandeis (2009) Supreme Court justice
- Mary Breckinridge (1998) Frontier Nursing Services founder
- William Brennan Jr. (2009) Supreme Court justice
- Fanny Brice (1991) Comedian
- Jim Bridger (1994) Western pioneer
- Joseph Brodsky (2012) Poet
- Gwendolyn Brooks (2012) Poet
- William Jennings Bryan (1986) Lawyer, politician
- Paul "Bear" Bryant (1997) Football coach
- James Buchanan (1938) 15th President
- Pearl S. Buck (1983) Author
- Charles Bulfinch (1979) Architect
- Ralph Bunche (1982) Diplomat, Nobel Laureate
- Luther Burbank (1940) Horticulturist
- Julia de Burgos (2010) Poet
- Arleigh Albert Burke (2010) Admiral
Luther Burbank on a 1940 stamp
- John Burgoyne (1927) Revolutionary War General
- George Burns (2009) Comedian
- Raymond Burr (2009) Actor
- Edgar Rice Burroughs (2012) Author
- Richard E. Byrd (1988) Antarctic explorer
CAntoine de la Mothe Cadillac on a 1951 stamp
- Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo (1992) Explorer
- Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac (1951) Explorer
- James Cagney (1999) Actor
- Alexander Calder (1998) Sculptor
- Melvin Calvin (2011) Chemist
Andrew Carnegie on a 1960 stamp
- Walter Camp (2003) Football coach
- Roy Campanella (2006) Baseball player
- Zachary Canter (2000) Child stamp design contest winner
- Frank Capra (2012) Motion picture director
- Hattie Caraway (2001) 1st female Senator
- Chester Carlson (1988) Xerox inventor
George Washington Carver on a 1948 stamp
- Hoagy Carmichael (1996) Singer, musician, composer, and actor
- Andrew Carnegie (1960) Philanthropist
- Art Carney (2009) Actor
- Ludovico Carracci (1989) Painter
- Charles Carroll of Carrollton (1976) Declaration of Independence signer
- Kit Carson (1994) Frontiersman
- Rachel Carson (1981) Environmentalist
- Alvin Pleasant Delaney Carter (1993) Country musician
Mary Cassatt on a 1966 stamp
- Maybelle Carter (1993) Country singer and musician
- Sara Carter (1993) Country singer and musician
- Philip Carteret (1964) Explorer
- Enrico Caruso (1987) Tenor
- George Washington Carver (1948 & 1998) Botanist
Willa Cather on a 1973 stamp
- Nellie Cashman (1994) Prospector
- Mary Cassatt (1966) Painter
- John Cassavetes (2003) Motion picture director
- Willa Sibert Cather (1973) Author
Winston Churchill on a 1965 stamp
- George Catlin (1998) Painter
- Ignacio Chacón (2006) Painter
- Samuel de Champlain (2006) Explorer
- Lon Chaney, Jr. (1997) Actor
- Lon Chaney, Sr. (1994) Actor
Henry Clay, 1902 stamp
- Octave Chanute (1979) Aviation pioneer
- Charlie Chaplin (1994) Actor
- Carrie Chapman Catt (1948) Suffragist
- Dave Chapman (2011) Industrial designer
- Jean-Baptiste Siméon Chardin (1974) Painter
- Samuel Chase (1976) Declaration of Independence signer
- Martha Chase (1997) Doll designer
- César Chávez (2003) Labor rights leader
- Dennis Chavez (1991) Senator
- Claire Chennault (1990) Aviator
- Mary Chesnut (1995) Civil War diarist
- Charles W. Chesnutt (2008) Writer
- Frederic Edwin Church (1998) Painter
- Winston Churchill (1965) British Prime Minister
- Giovanni Battista Cima (1993) Painter
- Abraham Clark (1976) Declaration of Independence signer
- George Rogers Clark (1929) Revolutionary War officer
- Grenville Clark (1985) Author
- William Clark (1954) Explorer
- Henry Clay (1870, 1902) Statesman
- Samuel L. Clemens (1940) Author
- Roberto Clemente (1984 & 2000) Baseball player
- Grover Cleveland (1923) 22nd & 24th President
- J. R. Clifford (2009) Attorney
Grover Cleveland on a 1923 stamp
- Patsy Cline (1993) Country singer and musician
- George Clinton (1976) Continental Congressman
- George Clymer (1976) Declaration of Independence signer
- David Cobb (1976) Congressional Representative, 3rd U.S. Congress
- Ty Cobb (2000) Baseball player
- Alvin Langdon Coburn (2002) Photographer
- Jacqueline Cochran (1996) Aviator
- Mickey Cochrane (2000) Baseball player
- Buffalo Bill Cody (1988) Wild West showman
- George M. Cohan (1978) Actor, playwright
- Claudette Colbert (2012) Actress
- Nat King Cole (1994) Singer, musician, and songwriter
- Bessie Coleman (1995) 1st African American female pilot
- Eddie Collins (2000) Baseball player
- John Coltrane (1995) Jazz musician and composer
- Christopher Columbus (1893) Explorer
- Henry Comstock (1959) Prospector
- James Cook (1978) Explorer
- Calvin Coolidge (1938) 30th President
Calvin Coolidge on a 1938 stamp
- Anna Julia Cooper (2009) Civil rights leader
- Gary Cooper (1990, 2009) Actor
- James Fenimore Cooper (1940) Author
- Nicolaus Copernicus (1973) Astronomer
Nicolaus Copernicus on a 1973 stamp
- Elizabeth Clarke Copley (1965) Portrait subject on a stamp honoring John Singleton Copley
- John Singleton Copley (1965) Painter
- Gerty Cori (2008) Biochemist
- Charles Cornwallis (1930) Revolutionary War General
- Dean Cornwell (2001) Illustrator
- Francisco Vazquez de Coronado (1940) Explorer
- Lorenzo Costa (2001) Painter
- Lou Costello (1991) Comedian
- Crazy Horse (1982) Oglala Sioux warrior
- Davy Crockett (1967) Alamo defender
Davy Crockett on a 1966 stamp
- Bing Crosby (1994) Singer, actor
- Percy Crosby (1997) Cartoonist
- Jim Crowley (1998) Football player
- Celia Cruz (2011) Musician
- E. E. Cummings (2012) Poet
- Imogen Cunningham (2002) Photographer
- Nathaniel Currier (1976) Lithographer
- Glenn Curtiss (1980) Aviation pioneer
- Harvey Cushing (1988) Neurosurgeon
- Manasseh Cutler (1937) Northwest Territory pioneer
DJohn Dewey on a 1968 stamp
- Daniel Daly (2005) Marine; Medal of Honor recipient
- Virginia Dare (1937) 1st European child born in America
- Gerard David (1979) Painter
- Alexander Jackson Davis (1980) Architect
Walt Disney on a 1968 stamp
- Allison Davis (1994) Educator, anthropologist
- Benjamin Oliver Davis, Sr. (1997) Army General
- Bette Davis (2008) Actress
- Jefferson Davis (1970) Confederate President
- Miles Davis (2012) Jazz musician
- Julia de Burgos (2010) Puerto Rican writer and poet
- Agnes de Mille (2004) Choreographer
- Dizzy Dean (2000) Baseball player
- James Dean (1996) Actor
- Stephen Decatur (1936) Naval officer
- Lee De Forest (1973)
- Willem de Kooning (2010) Abstract expressionist artist
- Andrea della Robbia (1978) Sculptor
Frederick Douglass on a 1967 stamp
- Luca della Robbia (1985) Sculptor
- Cecil B. DeMille (2003) Motion picture producer
- Jack Dempsey (1998) Boxer
- Donald Deskey (2011) Industrial designer
John Foster Dulles on a 1960 stamp
- George Dewey (1936) Navy Admiral
- John Dewey (1968) Educator
- Emily Dickinson (1971) Poet
- John Dickinson (1976) American lawyer and Governor of Delaware and Pennsylvania
- William Dickson (1996) Motion picture camera inventor
- Everett Dirksen (1981) Senator
- Joe DiMaggio (2012) Baseball player
- Walt Disney (1968) Motion picture producer, animator
- Dorothea Dix (1983) Mental health advocate
- Larry Doby (2012) Baseball player
- Jimmy Dorsey (1996) Jazz musician and bandleader
- Tommy Dorsey (1996) Jazz musician and bandleader
- Stephen A. Douglas (1958) Politician
- Frederick Douglass (1967) Abolitionist
- Charles R. Drew (1981) Surgeon
- Henry Dreyfuss (2011) Industrial designer
- W. E. B. Du Bois (1992) Civil Rights advocate
- John Foster Dulles (1960) Secretary of State
- Paul Laurence Dunbar (1975) Poet
Paul Laurence Dunbar on a 1975 stamp
- Isadora Duncan (2012) Dancer
- Katherine Dunham (2012) Choreographer
- Harvey Dunn (2001) Illustrator
- Asher B. Durand (1998) Painter
EThomas Eakins on a 1967 stamp
- Eddie Eagan (1990) Boxer, bobsledder
- Thomas Eakins (1967) Painter, sculptor
Amelia Earhart on a 1963 stamp
- Charles and Ray Eames (2008) Industrial design, furniture design
- Amelia Earhart (1963) Aviator
- Wyatt Earp (1994) Gunfighter
George Eastman on a 1954 stamp
- George Eastman (1954) Roll film inventor
- Thomas Alva Edison (1947) Inventor
- Albert Einstein (1966) Physicist
Albert Einstein on a 1966 stamp
- Billy Eisengrein (2002) Ground Zero firefighter
- Dwight D. Eisenhower (1969) 34th President
- Charles W. Eliot (1940) Educator
- Thomas Stearns Eliot (1986) Poet
Dwight D. Eisenhower on a 1970 stamp
- William Ellery (1976) Declaration of Independence signer
- Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington (1986) Jazz musician and composer
- Lincoln Ellsworth (1988) Antarctic explorer
Leif Ericson on a 1968 stamp
- Ralph Waldo Emerson (1940) Author
- John Ericsson (1926) Inventor
- Leif Ericson (1968) Explorer
- Walker Evans (2002) Photographer
- Medgar Evers (2009) Civil rights leader
- Ray Ewry (1990) Track & field athlete
- Jan van Eyck (1968) Painter
FMillard Fillmore on a 1938 stamp
- Douglas Fairbanks (1984) Actor
- Cal Farley (1996) Boys Ranch founder
- Philo T. Farnsworth (1983) TV camera inventor
- David G. Farragut (1903) 1st Navy Admiral
- William Cuthbert Faulkner (1987) Author
Henry Ford on a 1968 stamp
- Robert Fawcett (2001) Illustrator
- Edna Ferber (2002) Author
- Perry Ferguson (2003) Motion picture art director
Peter Francisco on a 1975 stamp
- Enrico Fermi (2001) Physicist
- José Ferrer (2012) Actor
- Richard Feynman (2005) Physicist
- Arthur Fiedler (1997) Conductor
- Dorothy Fields (1996) Lyricist
- W. C. Fields (1980) Actor, comedian
- Millard Fillmore (1938) 13th President
John C. Fremont on an 1898 stamp
- Ella Fitzgerald (2007) Jazz singer
- F. Scott Fitzgerald (1996) Author
- James Montgomery Flagg (2001) Illustrator
Robert Frost, 1974
- Father Edward J. Flanagan (1986) Orphan advocate
- William Floyd (1976) Declaration of Independence signer
- Henry Fonda (2005) Actor
- Lynn Fontanne (1999) Actress
- Gerald R. Ford (2007) President of the United States
- John Ford (2012) Motion picture director
- Henry Ford (1968) Industrialist
- Bob Fosse (2012) Choreographer
- John Foster (1998) Painter
- Rube Foster (2010) Baseball player
- Stephen Collins Foster (1940) Composer
- Four Chaplains (1948) Died during the Dorchestersinking
- George L. Fox (1948) One of the Four Chaplains
- Jimmie Foxx (2000) Baseball player
- Saint Francis of Assisi (1982) Franciscan Order founder
- Peter Francisco (1975) Revolutionary War soldier
- Felix Frankfurter (2009) Supreme Court justice
- Benjamin Franklin (1847) 1st Postmaster, statesman, scientist
Benjamin Franklin on the first US stamp, 1847
- Elizabeth Freake (1998) Portrait subject
- Mary Freake (1998) Portrait subject
- John C. Fremont (1898) and (1994) Explorer, Senator
- Daniel Chester French (1940) Sculptor
- Arthur Burdett Frost (2001) Illustrator
- Robert Frost (1974) Poet
- Buckminster Fuller (2004) Inventor
Robert Fulton on a 1965 stamp
- Robert Fulton (1909) Steamboat inventor
- Frank Furness (1980) Architect
GAlbert Gallatin on a 1967 stamp
- Clark Gable (1990) Actor
- Rene Gagnon (1945) Iwo Jima
- Thomas Gainsborough (1974) Painter
- Albert Gallatin (1967) Secretary of the Treasury
- Thomas H. Gallaudet (1983) Educator
- Bernardo de Galvez (1980) Revolutionary War General
- Mohandas Gandhi (1961) Indian patriot
- Greta Garbo (2005) Actress
- Carlos Gardel (2011) Singer
Walter F. George on a 1960 stamp
- James A. Garfield (1882) 20th President
- Giuseppe Garibaldi (1960) Italian patriot
- Judy Garland (1990) Actress
- Erroll Garner (1995) Jazz musician and composer
- Lou Gehrig (1989) Baseball player
- Theodor Seuss Geisel (1999) Author & illustrator
- Martha Gellhorn (2008) Journalist
- Walter F. George (1960) Senator
- Geronimo (1994) Apache leader
- Elbridge Gerry (1976) Declaration of Independence signer
Amadeo P. Giannini on a 1973 stamp
- George Gershwin (1973) Composer and musician
- Ira Gershwin (1999) Lyricist
- Domenico Ghirlandaio (1975) Painter
- Amadeo P. Giannini (1973) Bank of America founder
- Josiah Willard Gibbs (2005) Thermodynamicist
- Josh Gibson (2000) Baseball player
- John Gilbert (1994) Actor
- Lillian Moller Gilbreth (1984) Industrial engineer
- Giorgio Barbarelli Giorgione (1971) Painter
- Giotto di Bondone (1995) Painter
- Jackie Gleason (2009) Comedian
Robert H. Goddard on a 1964 stamp
- Robert H. Goddard (1964) Rocket scientist
- Maria Goeppert-Mayer (2011) Physicist
- George W. Goethals (1939) Panama Canal engineer
- Rube Goldberg (1995) Cartoonist
- Samuel Gompers (1950) Labor union leader
Samuel Gompers on a 1950 stamp
- Alexander D. Goode (1948) One of the Four Chaplains
- Benny Goodman (1996) Jazz musician and bandleader
- Charles Goodnight (1994) Cattle rancher
- Arshile Gorky (2010) Abstract expressionist artist
Horace Greeley on a 1961 stamp
- Jan Gossaert (2002) Painter
- Adolph Gottlieb (2010) Abstract expressionist artist
- Louis Moreau Gottschalk (1997) Composer
- Francisco Goya (1974) Painter
- Martha Graham (2004) Choreographer
- Red Grange (2003) Football player
- Cary Grant (2002) Actor
- Ulysses S. Grant (1890) 18th President
- François Joseph Paul Grasse (1931) Revolutionary War Admiral
- Asa Gray (2011) Botanist
- Horace Greeley (1961) Journalist
- Adolphus W. Greely (1986) Arctic explorer
David Wark Griffith on a 1975 stamp
- Hank Greenberg (2006) Baseball player
- Nathanael Greene (1936) Revolutionary War General
- Ludwig Greiner (1997) Doll designer
- David Wark Griffith (1975) Motion picture producer
- Ferde Grofé (1997) Composer
- Walter Gropius (1982) Architect
- Thomas Grosvenor (1968) Revolutionary War soldier
- Lefty Grove (2000) Baseball player
- Johnny Gruelle (1997) Doll designer
- Johann Gutenberg (1952) Printing press inventor
- Woody Guthrie (1998) Folk singer, songwriter, and musician
HNathan Hale on a 1925 stamp
- Philip Habib (2006) Diplomat
- George Halas (1997) Football coach
Dag Hammarskjöld on a 1962 stamp
- Nathan Hale (1925) Revolutionary War officer
- Bill Haley (1993) Rock and roll singer, musician, and songwriter
- Fannie Lou Hamer (2009) Civil rights leader
- Alexander Hamilton (1870) Statesman
William Christopher Handy on a 1969 stamp
- Alice Hamilton (1995) Physician
- Dag Hammarskjöld (1962) United Nations Secretary General
- Oscar Hammerstein II (1999) Musical theater writer
- John Hanco*ck (1976) Declaration of Independence signatory
- Winfield Hanco*ck (1995) Civil War General
- William Christopher Handy (1969) Blues musician and composer
- John Hanson (1981) President of Continental Congress
- Yip Harburg (2005) Lyricist
Benjamin Harrison on a 1902 stamp
- Warren G. Harding (1923) 29th President
- Oliver Hardy (1991) Comedian
- William Harnett (1969) Painter
William Harnett on a 1969 stamp
- Joel Chandler Harris (1948) Journalist
- Patricia Roberts Harris (2000) Presidential Cabinet member, ambassador
- Benjamin Harrison (1902) 23rd President
- Benjamin Harrison V (1976) Declaration of Independence signer
- William Henry Harrison (1938) 9th President
- Ray Harroun (2011) Racecar driver
- Lorenz Hart (1999) Lyricist
Oliver Wendell Holmes, on a 1968 stamp
- Moss Hart (2004) Playwright
- William S. Hart (2010) Actor
- Bret Harte (1987) Author
- David Hartley (1983) Treaty of Paris signatory
- John Harvard (1986) Harvard College benefactor
- Josiah Johnson Hawes (2002) Photographer
- Coleman Hawkins (1995) Jazz musician
- Nathaniel Hawthorne (1983) Author
- Robert Hayden (2012) Poet
- Helen Hayes (2011) Actress
- Ira Hayes (1945) Iwo Jima
Herbert Hoover, on a 1965 stamp
- Mary Ludwig Hays (Molly Pitcher) (1928) Battlefield volunteer
- Rutherford B. Hayes (1922) 19th President
- Edith Head (2003) Costume designer
- Martin Johnson Heade (2004) Painter
Mark Hopkins on a 1940 stamp
- John Held, Jr. (2001) Illustrator
Sam Houston on a 1963 stamp
- Ernest Hemingway (1989) Author
- O. Henry (2012) Author
- Patrick Henry (1955) American Revolution orator
- Jim Henson (2005) Muppets creator
- Matthew Alexander Henson (1986) Arctic explorer
Elias Howe, on a 1940 stamp
- Audrey Hepburn (2003) Actress
- Katharine Hepburn (2010) Actress
- Victor Herbert (1940) Composer
- Nicholas Herkimer (1977) Revolutionary War General
- Bernard Herrmann (1999) Composer
- John Hersey (2008) Journalist
- Milton S. Hershey (1995) Confectioner
- Joseph Hewes (1976) Declaration of Independence signer
- Thomas Heyward, Jr. (1976) Declaration of Independence signer
- Wild Bill Hickok (1994) Gunfighter
- Marguerite Higgins (2002) Journalist
- Morgan Hill (2000) Child stamp design contest winner
- Lewis Hine (2002) Photographer
- John L. Hines (2000) World War I General
- Alfred Hitchco*ck (1998) Motion picture director
- James Hoban (1981) White House architect
- Oveta Culp Hobby (2011) Women's Army Corps officer
- Hans Hofmann (2010) Abstract expressionist painter
- Katsushika Hokusai (1974) Painter
- Billie Holiday (1994) Jazz singer
- Hollow Horn Bear (date unknown) Brulé Sioux leader
- Buddy Holly (1993) Rock and roll singer, musician, and songwriter
- Oliver Wendell Holmes (1968) Supreme Court Justice
- Winslow Homer (1962) Painter
- William Hooper (1976) Declaration of Independence signer
- Herbert Hoover (1965) 31st President
- Bob Hope (2009) Comedian
- Johns Hopkins (1989) Philanthropist
- Mark Hopkins (1940) Educator
- Stephen Hopkins (1976) Declaration of Independence signer
- Francis Hopkinson (1976) Declaration of Independence signer
- Edward Hopper (1970) Painter
- Rogers Hornsby (2000) Baseball player
- Harry Houdini (2002) Magician
- Charles Hamilton Houston (2009) Civil rights leader
- Sam Houston (1963) Texas Governor
- Elias Howe (1940) Inventor
- Julia Ward Howe (1987) Abolitionist
- Chester "Howlin' Wolf" Burnett (1994) Blues singer, musician, and songwriter
- Edwin Hubble (2000) Astronomer
- Henry Hudson (1909) Explorer
- Charles Evans Hughes (1962) Chief Justice
Charles Evan Hughes on a 1962 stamp
- Langston Hughes (2002) Author
Cordell Hull on a 1964 stamp
- Cordell Hull (1963) Secretary of State
- Hubert Humphrey (1991) Vice President
- Richard Morris Hunt (1981) Architect
- Samuel Huntington (1976) Declaration of Independence signatory
- Ruby Hurley (2009) Civil rights leader
- Zora Neale Hurston (2003) Author
- John Huston (2012) Motion picture director
IWashington Irving on a 1940 stamp
- Washington Irving (1940) Author
- Isabella I of Castile (1893) Queen of Spain, funded Christopher Columbus's voyage
- Charles Ives (1997) Composer
- Frederic E. Ives (1996) Halftone printing inventor
- James Ives (1974) Lithographer
JThomas Jefferson on a 1922 stamp
- Andrew Jackson (1861) 7th President
Andrew Jackson on a 1967 stamp
- Mahalia Jackson (1998) Gospel singer
- Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson (1937) Confederate Army General
Lyndon B. Johnson on a 1973 stamp
- John Jay (1958) New York Governor, statesman, Supreme Court justice
- Robinson Jeffers (1973) Poet
- Thomas Jefferson (1861) 3rd President
- Jesus (1966) Christianity founder
Chief Joseph on a 1968 stamp
- Andrew Johnson (1938) 17th President
- Eastman Johnson (1976) Painter
- George Johnson (2002) Ground Zero firefighter
- James P. Johnson (1995) Composer
- James Weldon Johnson (1988) Author
- John H. Johnson (2012) Publisher
- Joshua Johnson (1998) Painter
- Lyndon B. Johnson (1973) 36th President
- Robert Johnson (1994) Blues singer, musician, and songwriter
- Walter Johnson (2000) Baseball player
- William Johnson (artist) (2012) Artist
- Joseph E. Johnston (1995) Confederate Army General
- Louis Jolliet (1968) Explorer
- Al Jolson (1994) Singer and actor
- Casey Jones (1950) Railroad engineer
- John Paul Jones (1936) Revolutionary War Naval Captain
- Bobby Jones (1981) Golfer
- Scott Joplin (1983) Ragtime musician and composer
- Barbara Jordan (2011) Congresswoman
- Louis Jordan (2008) Musician/singer
- Chief Joseph (1968) Nez Perce warrior
- Percy Lavon Julian (1993) Chemist
- Ernest E. Just (1996) Biologist
- Duke Kahanamoku (2002) Surfer, swimmer
- Frida Kahlo (2001) Painter
Kamehameha I of Hawaii on a 1937 stamp
- Kamehameha I of Hawaii (1937) Hawaiian King
- Elisha Kent Kane (1986) Arctic explorer
- Boris Karloff (1997) Actor
- Theodore von Kármán (1992) Aerospace scientist
- Gertrude Käsebier (2002) Photographer
John F. Kennedy on a 1964 stamp
- Stephen Watts Kearny (1946) Mexican American War officer
- Buster Keaton (1994) Actor
- Helen Keller (1980) Author, disability advocate
- Grace Kelly (1993) Actress and Princess of Monaco
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy (1964) 35th President
- Robert F. Kennedy (1979) Attorney General
- Rockwell Kent (2001) Illustrator
- Jerome Kern (1985) Composer
- André Kertész (2002) Hungarian photographer
- Francis Scott Key (1948) Star-Spangled Banner composer
- Martin Luther King, Jr. (1979) Civil Rights advocate
- Franz Kline (1998) Painter
- Henry Knox (1985) Revolutionary War General
- Erich Korngold (1999) Composer
- Tadeusz Kościuszko (1933) Polish-Lithuanian patriot
- Lajos Kossuth (1958) Hungarian patriot
LFiorello LaGuardia on a 1972 stamp
- Marquis de Lafayette (1952) Revolutionary War General
- Fiorello H. La Guardia (1972) New York City Mayor
Sidney Lanier on a 1972 stamp
- Dorothea Lange (2002) Photographer
- Samuel Pierpont Langley (1988) Aviation pioneer
- Sidney Lanier (1972) Poet
- Mary Lasker (2009) Philanthropist
Robert E. Lee on a 1955 stamp
- Benjamin Latrobe (1979) Architect
- Frank C. Laubach (1984) Educator
- Stan Laurel (1991) Comedian
Abraham Lincoln on a 1960 stamp
- John Laurens (1976) Revolutionary War soldier
- Elmer Layden (1998) Football coach
- Huddie Ledbetter (1998) Blues singer, musician, and songwriter
- Jason Lee (1948) Oregon Territory missionary
Juliette Gordon Low on a 1948 stamp
- Richard Henry Lee (1976) Declaration of Independence signer
- Robert E. Lee (1937) Confederate Army General
- Vivien Leigh (1990) Actress
- John A. Lejeune (2005) Marine Corps Commandant
- Ponce de Leon (1982) Explorer
- Alan Jay Lerner (1999) Lyricist
- Emanuel Leutze (1976) Painter
- Denise Levertov (2012) Poet
- Francis Lewis (1976) Declaration of Independence signatory
Sybil Ludington on a 1975 stamp
- Meriwether Lewis (1954) Explorer
- Sinclair Lewis (1985) Author
- Joseph Christian Leyendecker (2001) Illustrator
- José Limón (2012) Choreographer
- Abraham Lincoln (1866) 16th President
- Benjamin Lincoln (1976) Revolutionary War General
- Tad Lincoln (1984) son of Abraham Lincoln
- Charles Lindbergh (1927) Aviator
- Jean-Etienne Liotard (1974) Painter
- Fra Filippo Lippi (1984) Painter
- Walter Lippmann (1985) Journalist
- Sarah Lipsey (2000) Child stamp design contest winner
- Philip Livingston (1976) Declaration of Independence signer
- Robert R. Livingston (1904) Declaration of Independence drafter
- Harold Lloyd (1994) Actor
- Belva Ann Lockwood (1986) Lawyer, feminist
- Frank Loesser (1999) Composer
- Frederick Loewe (1999) Composer
- Raymond Loewy (2011) Industrial designer
- Vince Lombardi (1997) Football coach
- Jack London (1986) Author
- Crawford W. Long (1940) Physician
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1940) Poet
- Lorenzo Lotto (1970) Painter
- Joe Louis (1993) Boxer
- Louis XVI of France (1978) King of France, Revolutionary War supporter
- Juliette Gordon Low (1948) Girl Scouts of America founder
- James Russell Lowell (1940) Poet
- Henry R. Luce (1998) Publisher
- Sybil Ludington (1975) Revolutionary War heroine
- Bela Lugosi (1997) Actor
- Bernardino Luini (2007) Painter
- Alfred Lunt (1999) Actor
- Martin Luther (1983) Protestant reformer
- Thomas Lynch, Jr. (1976) Declaration of Independence signer
- Mary Lyon (1987) Educator
MClara Maass, on a 1976 stamp
- Clara Maass (1976) Nurse
- Douglas MacArthur (1971) Army General
- Thomas Macdonough (1937) Naval officer
- Edward MacDowell (1940) Composer
- Dolley Madison (1980) First Lady
- Helene Madison (1990) Swimmer
- James Madison (1894) 4th President
- Ramon Magsaysay (1957) Philippine President
- Henry Mancini (2004) Composer
- Horace Mann (1940) Educator
Ramon Magsaysay, on a 1957 stamp
- C.G.E. Mannerheim (1960) Finnish President
- Mickey Mantle (2006) Baseball player
- Rocky Marciano (1999) Boxer
- Luis Muñoz MarÃn (1990) 1st Puerto Rico Governor
- Roger Maris (1999) Baseball player
- Jacques Marquette (1898) Explorer
- George Catlett Marshall (1965) Secretary of State, Army General
George Catlett Marshall on a 1967 stamp
- John Marshall (1894) Chief Justice
- Thurgood Marshall (2003) Supreme Court Justice
- Roberta Martin (1998) Gospel singer, musician, and songwriter
Edgar Lee Masters on a 1970 stamp
- Mary (The Madonna) (1966) Central figure in Christianity
- Groucho Marx (2009) Comedian
- Tomáš Masaryk (1960) President of Czechoslovakia
- George Mason (1958) Statesman
- Edgar Lee Masters (1970) Poet
- Bat Masterson (1994) U.S. Marshal
- Richard Mather (1998) Painter
- Christy Mathewson (2000) Baseball player
- Paolo de Matteis (1996) Painter
- Jan Earnst Matzeliger (1991) Lasting machine inventor
- Bill Mauldin (2010) Cartoonist
- Bernard Maybeck (1981) Architect
- Charles Horace Mayo (1964) Surgeon
- William James Mayo (1964) Surgeon
- Philip Mazzei (1980) Revolutionary War supporter
Ephraim McDowell, on a 1959 stamp
- Barbara McClintock (2005) Geneticist
- John McCloy (2010) Navy sailor
- John McCormack (1984) Tenor
- Cyrus Hall McCormick (1940) Mechanical reaper inventor
- Hattie McDaniel (2006) Actress
- Ephraim McDowell (1959) Surgeon
- Thomas McKean (1976) Declaration of Independence signer
- William McKinley (1904) 25th President
- John McLoughlin (1948) Oregon Territory settler
Brien McMahon on a 1962 stamp
- Brien McMahon (1962) Atomic Energy Act author
- Neysa McMein (2001) Illustrator
Moina Michael on a 1948 stamp
- Clyde McPhatter (1993) R&B singer
- Dan McWilliams (2002) Ground Zero firefighter
- Margaret Mead (1998) Anthropologist
- George Meany (1994) Labor union leader
- Andrew W. Mellon (1955) Financier
- Herman Melville (1984) Author
- Hans Memling (1966) Painter
- Johnny Mercer (1996) Composer and singer
- Ottmar Mergenthaler (1996) Linotype inventor
- Ethel Merman (1994) Singer, actress
- Moina Michael (1948) Memorial Poppy founder
- Oscar Micheaux (2010) Motion picture director
- James Michener (2008) Writer
- Arthur Middleton (1976) Declaration of Independence signer
- Edna St. Vincent Millay (1981) Poet
- Don Miller (1998) Football player
- Doris Miller (2010) Navy veteran
- Glenn Miller (1996) Jazz musician, arranger, and composer
- Robert Millikan (1982) Physicist
- Charlie Mingus (1995) Jazz musician and composer
- Carmen Miranda (2011) Singer
- Billy Mitchell (1999) Air Force General
- Joan Mitchell (2010) Abstract expressionist artist
- Margaret Mitchell (1986) Author
- Tom Mix (2010) Actor
- Lorenzo Monaco (2004) Painter
- Thelonious Monk (1995) Jazz musician and composer
- James Monroe (1904) 5th President
- Marilyn Monroe (1995) Actress
- John Bassett Moore (1965) Jurist
John Bassett Moore on a 1965 stamp
- Clayton Moore (2009) Actor
- Marianne Craig Moore (1990) Poet
- Thomas Moran (1998) Painter
- Giovanni Battista Moroni (1987) Painter
- Justin S. Morrill (1999) Senator
- Lewis Morris (1976) Declaration of Independence signer
- Robert Morris (financier) (1952) Declaration of Independence signatory
- Samuel F. B. Morse (1940) Telegraph inventor
- Jelly Roll Morton (originally Ferdinand J. La Menthe) (1995) Jazz musician and composer
- Julius Sterling Morton (1932) Arbor Day founder
- Anna Mary Robertson Moses "Grandma Moses" (1969) Painter
Grandma Moses on a 1969 stamp
- Horace A. Moses (1984) Junior Achievement founder
- Robert Motherwell (2010) Abstract expressionist artist
- Lucretia Mott (1948) Civil Rights advocate
John Muir on a 1964 stamp
- John Muir (1964) Conservationist
- Peter Müller-Munk (2011) Industrial designer
- Luis Muñoz MarÃn (1980) First democratically elected governor of Puerto Rico
- Audie L. Murphy (2000) World War II soldier, actor
- Robert Daniel Murphy (2006) Diplomat
- Edward R. Murrow (1994) Journalist
- Eadweard Muybridge (1996) Photographer
- Myron of Boeotia (1996) Sculptor
James Naismith on a 1961 stamp
- Bronco Nagurski (2003) Football player
- James Naismith (1961) Basketball inventor
- Ogden Nash (2002) Poet
- Harriet Nelson (2009) Actress
- Ozzie Nelson (2009) Actor
- Thomas Nelson, Jr. (1976) Declaration of Independence signatory
- Louise Nevelson (2000) Sculptor
- Ernie Nevers (2003) Football player
Ethelbert Nevin on a 1940 stamp
- Ethelbert Nevin (1940) Composer
- Alfred Newman (1999) Composer
- Barnett Newman (2010) Abstract expressionist artist
- Jean Nicolet (1934) Explorer
- Chester W. Nimitz (1985) World War II Admiral
- Richard Nixon (1995) 37th President
- Alfred Nobel (2001) Philanthropist
- Isamu Noguchi (2004) Sculptor
- George W. Norris (1961) Senator
- Eliot Noyes (2011) Industrial designer
- Annie Oakley (1994) Sharpshooter
Adolph S. Ochs on a 1976 stamp
- Adolph S. Ochs (1976) New York Times publisher
- Severo Ochoa (2011) Biochemist
- James Edward Oglethorpe (1933) Georgia founder
- Georgia O'Keeffe (1996) Painter
- Frederick Law Olmsted (1999) Landscape architect
- Eugene O'Neill (1973) Playwright
Eugene O'Neill on a 1967 stamp
- Rose O'Neill (2001) Illustrator
- Eugene Ormandy (1997) Conductor
- Timothy O'Sullivan (2002) Photographer
- Mel Ott (2006) Baseball player
- Francis Ouimet (1988) Golfer
- Mary White Ovington (2009) Civil rights leader
- Jesse Owens (1990) Track & field athlete
- William Paca (1976) Declaration of Independence signer
- Ignacy Jan Paderewski (1960) Polish Prime Minister
- Satchel Paige (2000) Baseball player
- Robert Treat Paine (1976) Declaration of Independence signer
Thomas Paine on a 1969 stamp
- Thomas Paine (1965) Journalist
- Nathaniel Palmer (1988) Antarctic explorer
- George Papanicolaou (1978) Cytologist
- Al Parker (2001) Illustrator
- Charlie Parker (1995) Jazz musician and composer
Franklin Pierce on a 1938 stamp
- Dorothy Parker (1992) Author
- Francis Parkman (1965) Historian
- Maxfield Parrish (2001) Illustrator
Pocahontas on a 1907 stamp
- Alden Partridge (1985) Educator
- George S. Patton, Jr. (1953) World War II Army General
- Alice Paul (1995) Suffragist and feminist
- Linus Pauling (2008) Chemist
- Ethel L. Payne (2002) Journalist
- Charles Willson Peale (1955) Painter
- Rembrandt Peale (1998) Painter
- Robert Edwin Peary (1959) Arctic explorer
- Gregory Peck, (2011) Actor
- Phoebe Pember (1995) Confederate nurse
- William Penn (1932) Pennsylvania founder
- Claude Pepper (2000) Senator
Salem Poor on a 1975 stamp
- Frances Perkins (1980) Secretary of Labor
- Matthew Perry (1953) Navy Commodore
- Oliver Hazard Perry (1870) Naval officer
- John J. Pershing (1961) World War I General
- Perugino (1986) Painter
- John Frederick Peto (1974) Painter
- Ammi Phillips (1998) Painter
- Coles Phillips (2001) Illustrator
- Édith Piaf (2012) Singer
- Ben Picket (1994) brother of Bill Picket, accidentally placed on stamp when his brother Bill was meant to appear; stamp recalled and replaced
- Bill Pickett (1994) Wild West performer
- Franklin Pierce (1938) 14th President
Kazimierz Pułaski on a 1931 stamp
- Sano di Pietro (1997) Painter
- William T. Piper (1990) Aviation pioneer
- ZaSu Pitts (1994) Actress
- Sylvia Plath (2012) Poet
- Pocahontas (1907) Algonquian princess
- Edgar Allan Poe (1949) Author
- Jean Baptiste Point du Sable (1987) Chicago settler
- Clark V. Poling (1948) One of the Four Chaplains
- George Polk (2008) Journalist
- James K. Polk (1938) 11th President
- Jackson Pollock (1999) Painter
- Lily Pons (1997) Soprano
- Rosa Ponselle (1997) Soprano
- Salem Poor (1975) Revolutionary War soldier
- Cole Porter (1991) Composer and songwriter
- David D. Porter (1937) Civil War naval officer
- Katherine Anne Porter (2006) Author
- Emily Post (1998) Author
- Wiley Post (1979) Aviator
- John Wesley Powell (1969) Geologist
- Elvis Presley (1993) Rock and roll singer and musician
- Joseph Priestley (1983) Chemist
- Tito Puente (2011) Drummer
- Kazimierz Pułaski (1931) Revolutionary War soldier (spelled Casimir Pulaski on the stamp)
- Joseph Pulitzer (1947) Journalist
- Lewis B. "Chesty" Puller (2005) Marine Corps General
- Rufus Putnam (1937) Northwest Territory settler
- Ernest Taylor Pyle (1971) Journalist
Ernest Taylor Pyle on a 1971 stamp
- Howard Pyle (1964) Illustrator
- Harriet Quimby (1991) Pilot
- Gertrude "Ma" Rainey (1994) Blues singer
- Ayn Rand (1999) Author
- Asa Philip Randolph (1989) Labor & Civil Rights advocate
- Raphael (1973) Painter
- Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings (2008) Author
- Man Ray (2002) Photographer
- Sam Rayburn (1962) Legislator
Sam Rayburn on a 1962 stamp
- George Read (1976), lawyer and signer of the Declaration of Independence.
- Ronald Reagan (2005) 40th President
- Red Cloud (1987) Oglala Sioux Chief
- Otis Redding (1993) Soul singer and songwriter
- Walter Reed (1940) Army surgeon
- Frederic Remington (1940) Sculptor, painter
- James Renwick, Jr. (1980) Architect
- Ernst Reuter (1959) Berlin Mayor
Ernst Reuter on a 1958 stamp
- Bernard Revel (1986) Educator
- Paul Revere (1958) Revolutionary War patriot
- Frederick Hurten Rhead (2011) Industrial designer
- Gilbert Rohde (2011) Industrial designer
- Henry Hobson Richardson (1980) Architect
- Eddie Rickenbacker (1995) World War I fighter pilot
- James Whitcomb Riley (1940) Poet
Paul Revere on a 1958 stamp
- Paul Robeson (2004) Actor, singer, civil Rights advocate
- Edward G. Robinson (2000) Actor
- Jackie Robinson (1982) Baseball player
Eleanor Roosevelt on a 1963 stamp
- Sugar Ray Robinson (2006) Boxer
- Comte de Rochambeau (1931) Revolutionary War General
- Knute Rockne (1988) Football coach
- Norman Rockwell (1972) Painter
- Jimmie Rodgers (1978) Country singer, musician, and songwriter
- Richard Rodgers (1999) Composer
- Theodore Roethke (2012) Poet
- Roy Rogers (2010) Singer, Actor
- Will Rogers (1948) Humorist
- Antoniazzo Romano (1991) Painter
Franklin D. Roosevelt on a 1945 stamp
- Eleanor Roosevelt (1963) First Lady
- Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1945) 32nd President
- Theodore Roosevelt (1922) 26th President
- Betsy Ross (1952) American flag creator
- George Ross (1952) Relative of Betsy Ross
- Mark Rothko (1998) Painter
- Edward Rutledge (1976) Painter
- Wilma Rudolph (2004) Track & field athlete
- Benjamin Rush (1976) Declaration of Independence signer
- Jimmy Rushing (1994) Blues singer
Theodore Roosevelt on a 1922 stamp
- Charles M. Russell (1961) Painter
- Richard Russell, Jr. (1984) Statesman
- George Herman "Babe" Ruth (1983) Baseball player
- Eero Saarinen (1982) Architect
- Albert Sabin (2006) Virologist
- Sacagawea (1994) Shoshone guide
- Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1940) Sculptor
- Rubén Salazar (2008) Journalist
- Peter Salem (1968) Revolutionary War soldier
- Jonas Salk (2006) Medical scientist
- Haym Salomon (1975) Revolutionary War financier
Haym Salomon on a 1975 stamp
- William T. Sampson (1937) Navy Admiral
- José de San MartÃn (1959) South American liberator
- Carl Sandburg (1978) Poet
- Henry Sandham (1925) Painter
- Winthrop Sargent (1948) Mississippi Territory Governor
- William Saroyan (1991) Author
- Winfield S. Schley (1937) Navy Admiral
- Albert Schoenhut (1997) Doll designer
- Carl Schurz (1983) Journalist
- Blanche Stuart Scott (1980) Aviator
- Winfield Scott (1870) Army General
- Selena (2011) Singer
- David O. Selznick (2003) Motion picture producer
- Raphael Semmes (1995) Naval officer
- Sequoyah (1980) Cherokee linguist
- Rod Serling (2009) Writer
- Junipero Serra (1985) Franciscan mission founder
- John Sevier (1946) Tennessee Governor
- William H. Seward (1873) Secretary of State
- Eric Sevareid (2008) Journalist
- Chief Shadoo (1930) Kiowa Chief
William Shakespeare on a 1938 stamp
- William Shakespeare (1964) Playwright
- Charles Sheeler (1998) Painter
- Alan Shepard (2011) Astronaut
- Philip Henry Sheridan (1937) Civil War General
William Tec*mseh Sherman on an 1893 stamp
- Roger Sherman (1976) Declaration of Independence signatory
- William Tec*mseh Sherman (1893) Civil War General
- Dinah Shore (2009) Singer
- Igor Sikorsky (1988) Aircraft engineer
- Phil Silvers (2009) Comedian
- William S. Sims (2010) Admiral
- Frank Sinatra (2008) Singer/actor
- Elisabetta Sirani (1994) Painter
- George Sisler (2000) Baseball player
- Sitting Bull (1989) Hunkpapa Sioux warrior
- Red Skelton (2009) Comedian
John French Sloan on a 1971 stamp
- John French Sloan (1971) Painter
- Alfred E. Smith (1945) New York Governor
- Bessie Smith (1994) Blues singer
- Jessie Willcox Smith (2001) Illustrator
- John Smith (1907) Jamestown settler
- Kate Smith (2010) Singer
- Margaret Chase Smith (2007) U.S. senator
- W. Eugene Smith (2002) Photographer
- John Philip Sousa (1940) Composer
- Franklin Sousley (1945) Iwo Jima
- Albert Southworth (2002) Photographer
Edwin M. Stanton on an 1871 stamp
- Tris Speaker (2000) Baseball player
- Elmer Sperry (1985) Aviation pioneer Note: the wrong photograph was used as the basis for the stamp, which actually pictures Elmer Sperry's father.
- Lawrence Sperry (1985) Aviation pioneer
- Joel Elias Spingarn (2009) Civil rights leader
- Edwin M. Stanton (1871) Secretary of War
- Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1948) Suffragist, feminist, and abolitionist
- Willie Stargell (2012) Baseball player
- Vilhjalmur Stefansson (1986) Arctic explorer
- Edward Steichen (2002) Photographer
- John Steinbeck (1979) Author
- Max Steiner (1999) Composer
- Charles Steinmetz (1983) Electrical inventor
Adlai Stevenson on a 1965 stamp
- Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben (1930) Revolutionary War general
- Wallace Stevens (2012) Poet
- Adlai Stevenson (1965) UN Ambassador and presidential candidate
- James Stewart (2007) Actor
- Walter Stewart (1976) Revolutionary War soldier
- Alfred Stieglitz (2002) Photographer
- Clyfford Still (2010) Abstract expressionist artist
- Joseph W. Stilwell (2000) Army General
- Richard Stockton (1976) Declaration of Independence signer
- Leopold Stokowski (1997) Conductor
- Harlan Fiske Stone (1948) Chief Justice
Lucy Stone on a 1968 stamp
- Lucy Stone (1965) Suffragist and feminist
- Joseph Story (2009) Supreme Court justice
- Harriet Beecher Stowe (2007) Author
- Paul Strand (2002) Photographer
- Michael Strank (1945) Iwo Jima
- Igor Stravinsky (1982) Composer
- William Strickland (1979) Architect
- Gilbert Charles Stuart (1940) Painter
- Harry Stuhldreher (1998) Football player
- Peter Stuyvesant (1948) New Amsterdam Governor
- Dr. Seuss (1999) Author & illustrator
- Anne Sullivan (1980) Educator
- Ed Sullivan (2009) TV variety show host
- John Sullivan (1929) Revolutionary War general
- Louis Sullivan (1981) Architect
- George Szell (1997) Conductor, composer
TRobert A. Taft on a 1960 stamp
- Robert A. Taft (1960) Senator
- William Howard Taft (1930) 27th President
- William Talman (2009) Actor
- Henry Ossawa Tanner (1973) Painter
Henry Ossawa Tanner on a 1973 stamp
- Ida Tarbell (2002) Author, journalist
- Zachary Taylor (1875) 12th President
- Walter Dorwin Teague (2011) Industrial designer
- Mother Teresa (2010) Humanitarian
- Gerard Terborch (1974) Painter
- Mary Church Terrell (2009) Civil rights leader
- Sonny Terry (1998) Blues musician
Henry David Thoreau on a 1967 stamp
- Nikola Tesla (1983) Induction motor inventor
- Rosetta Tharpe (1998) Gospel singer, musician, and songwriter
- Sylvanus Thayer (1985) Educator
- Danny Thomas (2012) Entertainer
- Charles Thomson (1976) Continental Congress Secretary
- Henry David Thoreau (1967) Author
- Jim Thorpe (1984) Football player
- James Thurber (1994) Author, illustrator, humorist
- Lawrence Tibbett (1997) Opera singer
- Giambattista Tiepolo (1982) Painter
- Lewis Comfort Tiffany (2007) Designer
- Bill Tilghman (1994) Southwest lawman
- Dimitri Tiomkin (1999) Composer
- Arturo Toscanini (1989) Conductor
- Pie Traynor (2000) Baseball player
- William B. T. Trego (1976) Painter
- Edward Trudeau (2008) Phthisiologist
- Harry S. Truman (1973) 33rd President
- John Trumbull (1927) Painter
- Sojourner Truth (1986) Abolitionist
- Harriet Tubman (1978) Abolitionist
- Richard Tucker (1997) Tenor
- Mark Twain (1940) Author
- John Tyler (1938) 10th President
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- Ritchie Valens (1993) Rock and roll musician
- Rudolph Valentino (1994) Actor
- Martin Van Buren (1938) 8th President
- Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (1982) Architect
- James Van Der Zee (2002) Photographer
- Vivian Vance (2009) Actress
- Félix Varela (1997) Social reformer
- Alfred V. Verville (1985) Aviation pioneer
- Oswald Garrison Villard (2009) Civil rights leader
- Bartolomeo Vivarini (1999) Painter
- Greta von Nessen (2011) Industrial designer
- John von Neumann (2005) Mathematician
- Honus Wagner (2000) Baseball player
- Izannah Walker (1997) Doll designer
- Madam C.J. Walker (1998) Philanthropist
- Mary Edwards Walker (1982) Army surgeon
Booker T. Washington on a 1940 stamp
- DeWitt Wallace (1998) Publisher
- Lila Wallace (1998) Publisher
- Raoul Wallenberg (1997) Humanitarian
- George Walton (1976) Declaration of Independence signer
- Clara Ward (1998) Gospel singer and songwriter
- Andy Warhol (2002) Painter
George Washington on 1847 stamp
- "Pop" Warner (1997) Football coach
- Earl Warren (1992) Chief Justice
- Robert Penn Warren (2005) Author and poet
Martha Washington on an 1923 stamp
- Booker T. Washington (1940) Educator
- Dinah Washington (1993) Blues singer
Daniel Webster on an 1890 stamp
- George Washington (1847) 1st President
- John P. Washington (1948) One of the Four Chaplains
- Martha Washington (1902) First Lady
- Ethel Waters (1994) Blues singer and actress
- Muddy Waters (1994) Blues singer, musician, and songwriter
- Stand Watie (1995) Confederate General
- Carleton Watkins (2002) Photographer
- Franz Waxman (1999) Composer
- Anthony Wayne (1929) Revolutionary War General
- John Wayne (1990) Actor
- Jack Webb (2009) Actor
Walt Whitman on a 1940 stamp
- Daniel Webster (1870) Statesman
- Noah Webster (1958) Author
- Orson Welles (1999) Actor/film director
Frank Lloyd Wright, 1966
- Ida B. Wells (1990) Civil Rights advocate, feminist
- Benjamin West (1956) Painter
- Joseph West (1930) Charleston Governor
- Edward Weston (2002) Photographer
- Clifton R. Wharton, Sr. (2006) Diplomat
- Edith Wharton (1980) Author
- Joseph Wharton (1981) Wharton School of Business founder
- William Whipple (1976) Declaration of Independence signer
- James McNeill Whistler (1934) Painter
- Jon Whitcomb (2001) Illustrator
- Josh White (1998) Folk singer, musician, songwriter, and actor
- Minor White (2002) Photographer
- Paul Dudley White (1986) Cardiologist
- Walter Francis White (2009) Civil rights leader
- William Allen White (1948) Newspaper editor
- Wabokieshiek (White Cloud) (1998) Iowa Chief
- Walt Whitman (1940) Poet
- Eli Whitney (1940) Cotton gin inventor
- John Greenleaf Whittier (1940) Poet
- Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman (1990) Tennis player
- Billy Wilder (2012) Motion picture director
- Thornton Wilder (1997) Playwright
- Harvey W. Wiley (1956) Chemist
- Charles Wilkes (1988) Antarctic explorer
- Roy Wilkins (2001) Civil Rights advocate
- Frances E. Willard (1940) Educator
- Hank Williams (1993) Country singer, musician, and songwriter
- Roger Williams (1936) Rhode Island co-founder
- Ted Williams (2012) Baseball player
- Tennessee Williams (1995) Playwright
- William Williams (Continental Congress) (1976) Declaration of Independence signer
- William Carlos Williams (2012) Poet
- Thomas Willing (1976) Continental Congressman
- Frances E. Willis (2006) Diplomat
- Wendell Willkie (1992) Statesman
- Bob Wills (1993) Country musician and songwriter
- Meredith Willson (1999) Composer, playwright
- James Wilson (1976) Declaration of Independence signer
- Woodrow Wilson (1925) 28th President
- Garry Winogrand (2002) Photographer
- John Witherspoon (1976) Declaration of Independence signatory
- Oliver Wolcott (1976) Declaration of Independence signer
- Thomas Wolfe (2000) Author
- Grant Wood (1996) Painter
- Carter G. Woodson (1984) Historian
- Frank Lloyd Wright (1965) Architect
- Orville Wright (1928) Aviation pioneer
- Richard Wright (2009) Writer
- Russel Wright (2011) Industrial designer
- Wilbur Wright (1928) Aviation pioneer
- Newell Convers Wyeth (2001) Illustrator
- George Wythe (1976) Declaration of Independence signer
- Malcolm X (1999) Civil rights advocate
YSun Yat-sen on a 1961 stamp
- Sun Yat-sen (1961) Chinese revolutionary leader
- Alvin C. York (2000) World War I soldier, Medal of Honor recipient
- Ashley Young (2000) Child stamp design contest winner
- Cy Young (2000) Baseball player
- Whitney Moore Young (1981) Civil Rights advocate
- Babe Zaharias (1981) Track & field athlete